Shrink Wrapped

[Addeline]

I feel it's time to Investigate an egg duck or Chicken unsure its alive and making pecking sounds and i can feel it moving inside something is telling me it's shrink wrapped?? I feel its still filling up space definitely getting closer to the airsack definitely still growing
Day 31 how can I help

 

[Debbie292d]

I'd assume it's a duck egg as it's 10 days over when a chicken would have hatched. Generally, we try not to help as they can do this on their own, and they are healthier if they do. They don't usually shrink-wrap unless we open the incubator after they've pipped.

When it pips, (pokes through the shell), keep the incubator closed. It should be up at around 70% humidity right now. Give it a day after it pips to come out. If after 24 hours it doesn't get itself out, then you may need to help.

Here's an article that can help if it gets to that point, but hopefully it won't.

Assisted Hatch: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/